Mia Jones
Black Jack,Missouri
Summary
Hardworking Paralegal/Victims Advocate with over 23 years in legal office administration. Offers exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Paralegal and Victims Advocate
St. Louis County Family Courts
09.2023 - Current
- File legal documents in the appropriate courts
- Establish and maintain legal reference files
- Assist victims in and out of court
- Open new victim case files
- Perform other duties as requested
- Attend court proceedings
- Assist public with inquiries
- Research law and prepare legal memos
- Prepare TPR referrals
- Research adoptions
Legal Secretary
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
11.2021 - 09.2023
- Maintain/Request certified priors, criminal histories, certificates of death, medical records, and other confidential/time sensitive documents.
- E-filing – amendments, nolle prosequi, requests for documents, attorney entry/withdrawals and other legal documents.
- Preparation and distribution of subpoenas, trial jury instructions, discovery packets.
- Case file disposition.
- Data entry – referrals, search warrants, defendant/victim info, updating defense/prosecution attorney.
- Provide assistance to (7) attorneys.
- Preparing files for archiving and attorney review.
- Other duties as assigned.
Municipal Court Clerk
St. Louis County Municipal Court
07.2020 - 11.2021
- Maintained court calendar.
- Organized files for court proceedings.
- Issue and assign court dates on Muncipal citations
- Issue dispositions at customer and court request.
- Provide case status information to attorneys, judicial/department staff
- Posting/balancing fine payments
Probation Office Service Rep
St. Louis County Justice Services
02.2000 - 07.2020
- Post probation payments(Accounts/Tyler cashiering)
- Sort all incoming mail
- Assist clients with completions of probation intake forms
- Requesting police reports
- Send debt out letters weekly to clients and attorneys regarding payments/ completions of sentence and judgements
- Enter daily intake forms and entering into REJIS
- Communication with probation and parole, court clerks, municipalities
- Attend monthly night court
- Assists clients with scheduling/completion of drug and alcohol evaluations
- Daily deposits to treasury of program payments
- Update system with judgement/sentence proof of program completions
- Communicate with judges, attorney’s and law enforcement on interpretation of conditions of court orders
Education
ACCOUNTING -
Meramec College
St. Louis, MO05.1996
High School Diploma -
Parkway South High School
St. Louis, MO05.1990
Skills
- Proficient in Word, Excel
- Editing and proofreading
- Document management
- Efficient multi-tasker
- Hardworking and dedicated
- Team building
- Over 23 years in legal administration
Timeline
Paralegal and Victims Advocate
St. Louis County Family Courts
09.2023 - Current
Legal Secretary
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
11.2021 - 09.2023
Municipal Court Clerk
St. Louis County Municipal Court
07.2020 - 11.2021
Probation Office Service Rep
St. Louis County Justice Services
02.2000 - 07.2020
ACCOUNTING -
Meramec College
High School Diploma -
Parkway South High School